Cravat holder



April 8, 1952 E. A. JOHNSON CRAVAT HOLDER Filed March 15, 195o INVENTOR.

MJA; nsori Patented Apr. 8, 1952 UNITED STATES PATENT CFFICE CRAVAT HOLDER Edward A. Johnson, Taunton, Mass.

Application March 15, 1952, Serial No. 149,735

(Cl. ,Z4-49) 3 Claims. 1

This invention relates to a cravat holder for holding the four-in-hand tie in position on the shirt of the user and is a continuation in part of my co-pending application Serial No. 739,534, led April 5, 1947, Patent No. 2,510,286, dated June 6, 1950.

A cravat holder for iour-in-hand ties often requires that the tie be threaded through some part for retaining the tie in the desired position on the shirt. and usually the cravat holder is formed of several parts attached together by some assembly operation, such as solder or the like.

One of the objects of this invention is to provide a cravat holder which will loosely guide the tie and retain it in position in front of the shirt and into which the tie may be moved by opening the tie guiding portion so that the tie need not be threaded into position.

Another object of this invention is to provide an ornamental type of clasp for holding the front bar in detachable engagement at one of its ends so that it may be easily unclasped for inserting the tie in position.

Another object of this invention is to provide a clasp which may have all the desired retaining functions and yet may be :formed from a single piece of material.

Another object of this invention is to bend a single piece of sheet stock so that there will be a pair of jaws for gripping the shirt and another member to extend across the front of the tie to hold it in position so that no assembly operations need be performed.

Another object of this invention is to provide a device which will be ornamental in appearance as well as perform the desired functions which are required of it.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, as will be more fully described and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective View of the cravat holder showing an ornament mounted upon the front bar or tongue;

Figure 2 is a sectional View showing a cravat holder as mounted upon a shirt and as embracing a necktie;

Figure 3 is a perspective view looking at the back of the holder and showing the front bar or tongue in open position.

In proceeding with this invention, I cut from a piece of sheet stock a blank of the right shape and then bend from this blank a jaw for cooperating with the back bar to grip a shirt and bend the front bar or closure tongue into a position so that it may have a good clasping action with another part which is bent from the back bar.

With reference to the drawings, III denotes the back bar which is formed from sheet stock and is cut along the center portion in spaced parallel lines to provide for a jaw II being bent from the stock of this bar rearwardly as shown in Figures 1 and 3. This jaw is again bent forwardly to provide a knuckle I2 to normally extend through the opening I3 left in the bar as the jaw II is bent out of the bar. This knuckle I2 will protrude through the opening I3 so as to force the shirt material I4, as shown in Figure 2, through the opening and bind the shirt material in the opening so as to prevent movement of the back bar I0 at right Vangles to its length along the shirt. The other end of this jaw II at I5 remains connected to the bar Ill and at this location provides a hinge or point of swinging or bending of the jaw when the shirt is slid between the jaw and the back bar I0.

At one end this back bar is bent forwardly as at I6 to provide a catch I1 which has a portion spaced from the back bar I0 and is cut out and is provided with a flaring lip as at I8 at its free end.

The other end of the back bar I0 is bent as at 20 to provide a tongue or iront bar 2| spaced from the bar III and extending generally parallel thereto from the double-back or bent end 20. The free end 22 of this front bar or tongue is of a width less than the width of the opening in the catch I'I and by reason of the lip I8 being flared forwardly, this bar may extend into this opening and would engage the opposite edges of the opening in the cut-out to be supported against lateral movement with respect to this catch. However, when it is desired to detach the bar or tongue 2l from the catch, it is merely necessary to flex the bar rearwardly and then swing it laterally clear of the catch to the dotted line position shown in Figure 2 or the full line position shown in Figure 3. The end 22 of this front bar 2| or tongue is rolled so as to provide an enlarged end and a better finish for the end.

In some cases, an ornament 25 may be secured to the bar 2I rigidly as shown in Figure 1 or in other cases an additional plate 26 may be suspended by chains 2'I from openings 28 in the front bar for additional ornamentation.

By the above arrangement the holder is formed from a single piece of sheet stock cut to proper shape and then bent to provide the holder shown, thus eliminating assembly operations.

I claim:

1. A cravat holder comprising a rear bar of sheet material, means carried by the bar for gripping a shirt, said bar being bent at one end to overlie the bar in spaced relation and provide a catch and bent at the other end to provide a tongue to overlie the rear bar in spaced rela tion and normally forwardly of the catch, said tongue being iiexed to engage the catch and press away @from the rear bar against the catch to provide a closed loop to slidably receive a cravat. said catch being of a Width greater than said tongue and having an opening therein. between the upperand lower edges and spaced from the end with the stock between the opening and end offset to receive the tongue in the opening and into which the tongue extends from the rear of said catch to be held against lateral displacement by the edges of the opening.

2. A cravat holder as in claim 1 wherein said tongue is rolled at its free end and the rolled portion engages the edges of said opening.

3. A cravat holder as in claim 1 wherein said tongue is rolled at its free end rearwardly toward l5 2,510,286

the rear bar.

EDWARD A. JOHNSON.

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